About 30-40 years ago, some entrepreneurs came up with ways to make the labor markets in Europe more flexible. Because labor laws in most European countries are very strict, it’s hard for companies to fire people. To solve that problem, …
The Bridge members in India decided to explore the astonishing surroundings of their office to provide you an insight into the Bridge India office location. The first trip to be put in writing went to Munnar, Kerala. Munnar is an …
If you have recently wondered if offshoring could work for you or if you have even already started offshoring some of your works, you may have asked yourself ‘what should I do to prepare’? Or you might have acted like …
Since September this year Bridge has started a new platform for opening dialogue about noteworthy IT news and development. This ‘Talk About IT’ platform consists of two-monthly real life events where interesting experienced speakers present their views about the latest …
Every time a big company announces to open an offshore/nearshore center or fire people, the media and many other people protest. HP announced 2 things at the same time: they will fire 1300 people in the UK + they open …
There are many reasons why companies from Europe or the United States outsource work to India or Eastern Europe. The most frequently heard driver for offshoring are obviously ‘costs’. In this post, I want to describe a case of one …
Anyone attempting to setup a startup will be confronted with the problem of gathering sufficient capital to turn an idea into a sellable product. Once investors enter the startup they will demand a considerable chunk of the business in order …
In the past years, I have been learning the hard way how important processes are as a basis for a company to grow. As an entrepreneur or manager, you set out to establish something, to work towards that point on …
I have visited Stockholm this week to visit a few of our Swedish customers and to speak to some prospective customers. My general conclusion is that offshoring is even more important for the future of the Swedish IT industry than …
For years I have been trying to find the crucial aspects in offshore project management. Both in managing our own projects (during the period we also did fixed price projects for our customers) and in observing how our customers are …
At Bridge, we have recently summarized the key success factors in offshoring into 5 P’s: People, Process, Preparation, Performance, and Profit. Now I am always struggling to put either People or Process on the first place. Because without the right …
Santhwanam Orphange houses around 35 children, right from infants to teenagers. The kids, most of whom where found abandoned on the streets, fighting hunger are given a safe abode here. As the orphange is situated in an interior village, they …